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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172R · Mt Sterling, KY · February 16, 2013

Date
February 16, 2013 · 16:30 local
Place
Mt Sterling, KY
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N426EP
Reported as
Cessna 172R
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 SER A&C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
58 total58 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot stated, upon touch down the aircraft bounced and a gust of wind hit the tail of the aircraft forcing the nose to the left. The aircraft went off the runway and hit a runway sign which cause the lt MLG to collapse and the aircraft skidded to a stop. No property damage other than airport sign. No injuries. No post incident fire.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED, UPON TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND A GUST OF WIND HIT THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT FORCING THE NOSE TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AND HIT A RUNWAY SIGN WHICH CAUSE THE LT MLG TO COLLAPSE AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP. NO PROPERTY DAMAGE OTHER THAN AIRPORT SIGN. NO INJURIES. NO POST INCIDENT FIRE.